The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-06-21
LOCAL WOOL


Notes from all over tho State and Vicinity ns
to Prices.
Hon. Arnold @. sherr, Of Mayaville,
Grant county, has notified the wool grow.
ers OF that section that he wants 100000
pounds Of wool to DO used in the Mays.
VILE Wooden mills, and that he will pay
the highest market prices In caoh.
The Hancock county Courier has the
following opinion and advice to give con-
corning wool in that eection: $50 far as
we have learned thirty cents has been the
offering price for the new clip Of wool in
this region, though 1t is more than prob
able that before this it has sprung o cent
Or two. Alter carefully viewing the field
1t strikcs US that wool Is most excellent
property at these pricea and our farmers
should bs in no hurry to. rush after q
buyer. Thirty.fvs cents for good aver
age clean clips in,this fine wool section ie
not out OF proportion to the rates ruling
elsewhere, particularly with an upward
tendency OF the market East and Weat.n
Mr.. Siles Hull, who lives on the Ale
ghany mountaina, clsimB the largest yield
Of wool from one aheep OF this season, be
having clipped eleven pounds from one OF
his flock. His sheep arc Of tho Justly
celebrated southdown bteed--Greenbrier
Independent.
N. E. speeaard & Co., OF Union, have,
up to this dale, bought and sold eleven
thousand pounds Of wool. This was frss-
class wool, and transac.iona in this article
have been satisfactory to all parties, pricea
showing IN advance Of HON 20 to Is per
cent. upon the rates ruling last year.
Monroe County Wachman.
The Washington, Pa, Daily Reporter in
last Saturday Issue ha. the following in
teresting review OF this eeaaon's wool
trade In that seetian: "The local wool
market is quite ~actiye, the clip going off
at 80 to 81 cent?. Having starred oil at
about % cents this is quite encouraging,
and it is hoped that it will not only hold
at the present 6gure8 but 80 up az the sea-
son advanced. But we have no prophet
among us who can ~ioretell the future price
Of wool. An intelligent gentleman, who
Ia well posted in the wool business OF
Washington county, estimates that the
number OF sheep in the county has been
reduced at lesst lofty per centum within
two or three years. In some naiehbor-
hoods the reduction amounts to fully fifty
per cent. Many farmers have aold d part
Of their hocke and engaged in the milk
business, which they claim is more remu-
Deratiye than Woodworking at thirty cents.
It Is q recognized TACT that sheep farming
does not wear out the land as general
farming does end wool growers who con-
template making a change should take
this fact into consideration. With FEN
eral farming comes the necessity Tor pat
ent aud other manures with every crop
grown and double the labor required.
Before o change is made the whole sub
ject should be well considered
The price Of wool in Greene county is S
or 6 cents higher on a pound than It was
this time last year, which is gratifying
news to tho wool growers Of the county.
at preasnt fome choice punches ara being
told ut SO centu q pound. Our present
wool crop will bring two hundred thou.
sand dollars or moro into on county
which. will pay q great many little debts
when it oncs gets into circulation
Waynesburg Democrat.